Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-12
CURRENT EVENTS.


years old.
During the past seasOn 1901 900 tons Of glass
gand we're used In the wlne-glass industry 10 |
Pennsylvania
Twelve members Of the Philadelphia police
force have been discharged for refusing to
wear oyercoats.
SIX hundred periodicals., by the grace Of the
ear, are published in Russia. OF these only
flty-hyc are dallies
A young girl was fired Is few days ago, at
Mddlctown, ~ Y, for slapping an acquaiut-
ance twice 10 the face.
One Of the players who helped 10 break
faro bank al Reno, New, last week WAS prom
lnent business man. lie ''pulled OUT $1,000.
The mIll-men Of Truckee, New. are expert
enciug great deal Of trouble in getting cars
for the transportation OF lumber TO eastern
markets.
Barney Melon, who died in the Ottawa val
ley, Canada, one day last week, had doeu-
menis in bis possession 10 prove that he was
Ito years old.
/ Coon grapes, which are delicious eating
after several severe frosts have fallen on them,
are said 10 be very abundant this year In the
woods Of Virginia
'Dld you enjoy the sermoni" "Of course
did. had on a new hat and dress aud the
sexton seated me directly In front Of that
dreadful Miss Briggs"
woman living IN Farmer township, De-
ianee county, Ohio, gave birth to child on
the 9TH OF April aud on the 10th OF SepteIn-
Der she was delivered Of another.
1t is suggested that the knights Of Labor
turn their boycotting-mnchlne on the New
Hampshire muskrat that has thrown three
thousand men out Of employment
George Grler, of North Orilla. Quebec, saved
freight train from going over burning
bridge and the railway company several thou
sand dollars, and was given reward OF so
Isaac Ellis, patriarch of Petersburg Va,
recently took out license TO marry his eighth
wife. By his first wife he had fifteen children
second sixteen, and by the other fiEe-in all
ihlriy.Gye.
In the local personal column OF The Utica
(N. " Herald, is announced the departure
for China. on pleasure trip, Of 10 Sing and
All Hum, respected members Of our celestial
community"
People Of Hartford, Conn.,, complain that
the drivers ON two Of the parallel horse car
Ines have a race on almost every trip AMI
that II IS no easy matter for the would-be pas
sengers TO get aboard.
Hydrophobla took possession Of goat at
J Key West, the other day, aud for time the
/ streets presented most deserted appearance.
Before being killed the animal BIT man.
several dogs, mule and horse
A New York photographers is making the
wedding season remuueratiYe. He advcriise'
fal ltrf,l ae
! pictures on ''thr eve Of the ceremony" and
he gives long LIST Of names as society refer
encrs."
:, in Louisiana hamlet the ceremonies In
celebration Of the Jewish New Year were hclt
: In the Baptist church, aud the muse WAS led
a by a Jewish woman, the wife Of Catholic
r who IS OF mixed Protestant and Catholic
9 descent
: A New York gentleman is trying 10 raise 1
fund Of $500 900 TO lie used ia aid o! art A.
: New Workers are provcrblally stingy in the!
4 bcneiacilons 10 such enterprises, he will prob
4 ably have 20 abandon his scheme aud more 4
i Chicago where he VIII meet with success
A citizen Of Pi,tsbu'gh, Pa, has patented
2 new method Of propsiliug steamers. He has
4 working model Of a boat in which he uses th
A Shccls or propelling power ofsthc boat TO sur
y port Il, aud claims that by this device b.
4 Joat can be run at the rate Of a mile
Q minute.
i Arthur Anthony, clerk in business hous
q al Marysvile, Cal. went 70 bel last Sunda!
o night impressed with the notion that fir
e would occur before morning. FINALLY b
u went 10 sleep, aud dreamed that fire LA
70 broken cut and was dangerously near. Whit
Il still aslcen, he sprang from his bed through
O window He awOkc 10 lnd that there was q
Il Gre, and that one Of his legs was broken,
If having caught in the sash.
e Near Lynn, Mass, one day last week,
orse lost one OF It's shoes, and was put int
|, box sial for the night The next morning
II SO relates The Her, the driver, on going TO fec
|, the horse round the animal missing. No Oh
"a had gone TO the STALL and where the hori
,. had cone, no ono knew On a search bcir
N made, he was found at blacksmith's sho
a no, far from the stable, waiting patiently (,
AZ his turn TO be shod, The blacksmith state
l. that he came TO tho shop by himself al
I, walked 10,
10 a female cabin passenger on an incomlr
ID European steamer appeared IN the dnlng-s
u loon Just before the vessel arrived at the doC
O. ,lad in the coslliesl laccs, Tohcr friends 81
ID sondled that every article Of dresss he worew
is lace even TO gloves and hose, and added III
" she would wear lace boots II 1t were not
or ,hilly. She explained that one OF her dang
Is tiers was soon to be married, Ind that the la
" was for her trousseau. SIZE wore II 20 ga
s. duties. Her costume was estimated to
in worth $500.
rs The police Of Pittsburgh Pa, arc gcttiI
pretty hard up for cases Il they can do
better than they did last Monday, when o.
Of their number succeeded in having MI
:, Annie Jones committed to jail. Mrs, Jones
Is over 50 years old. The offeuse on which $
y, was sentenced consisted simply of PURCHASE
nd five gallon jug Of whisky and selling 1t
lis smother person. After being placed Ia c
,a she became so N thar a physician was SC
\. for. The name of the prosecutor can not
Nv found in the commitments
ls SAYS The tTrga City CNcv) Report
q many places about town the surface has su
~ two or three feet, and often as mitch as {,
IN In front of the Fourth ward school the grou
ed has sunk between Two and three feet in plNc
no The surface about the oil Bullion well,
We Bowers grade, has sunk about ten feet a
ut near the Sharon shaft, ON A street, they he
IT, 90 keep dumping waste on the surface to ma
10 Il level. This Is caused by the caved wo
lis ings Of years past, aud the ground above tht
no old drifts has been settling, and finally ca
Nv ing these cavities on the surface
hc The people OF Mount Oliver, Pa, are
ne sorbed in discussing the romantic elopem,
,h OF George Kuehuer aged is years, and Nj
Jst rie Alcorn, aged 10. The young clippers !
barely finished their schooling, aud arc har